20 thoughts on “A Reason To Vote For Trump”

  1. Sort of like how many illegally resident aliens would self-deport… If only that quarter were concentrated among Dept’s of Energy, Education, and Labor

  2. Trump has in fact been doing more in the way of connecting with and listening to minority voters (black voters in particular) than any Republican I can recall. And he has demonstrated a genuine concern for their plight, which he made clear in the “debate” tonight. If I were a minority voter, I would have been much more persuaded by Trump than by Clinton (who did a pretty good job tonight, herself).

    1. Ya, looked like a push to me. Neither candidate looked particularly strong but both had their moments. In some ways this works good for Trump because he held his own against a lifetime politician and a lackey moderator. The unqualified attack doesn’t hold up anymore.

      Means the upcoming debates will be very important. Can Trump hone his message and sharpen his attacks? Does Hillary have anything else to throw at him? Will the moderators be debate participants? Should be exciting.

    2. MfK> If I were a minority voter, …

      How would you respond to Mr. Trumps proposal of nationwide stop-and-frisk?

      I wouldn’t be quite so worried if it only resulted in the confiscation illegal guns (though I’d still have some significant 4A concerns as well as some 2A ones), but in practice in NYC the number one arrest, by far, resulting from a stop-and-frisk was marijuana possession. (Seven such arrests for every one gun confiscated.) They were only supposed to frisk when the officer reasonably suspected the presence of a weapon, but a weapon was found on only 2 percent of those frisked.

  3. It’s a good thing we’re not electing a debater in chief because Trump missed a lot of good opportunities in tonight’s debate. We have to give this as a win for Hillary and something for Trump to study with his staff. Even Juan Williams realized Trump had a knock-out response to Hillary’s cyber security question.

      1. That’s what I’m saying. Trump disappointed because he had the perfect response and didn’t use it. I think he was so coached to restrain himself that he choked.

          1. He did make some solid points. He missed the knock-out which could have happened to anybody. Watch how many times he sipped water. He was stressed. A lot is riding on this election.

            BTW, If I’m right it also counters him being a conman. A conman wouldn’t feel such pressure.

  5. Trump didn’t prepare or practice for the debate. He could have had answers ready on his support for the Iraq war and birtherism and his tax returns, but he didn’t bother. If he’d done some mock debates he would have spotted openings to turn the focus to Clinton’s emails and the Clinton Foundation, but he didn’t bother. The only parts of running for president that he seems to enjoy are speaking to friendly rallies and calling in to friendly TV hosts, so that’s all he does.

  6. I went through the transcript and gave points to each. On style Hillary won, but on substance Trump was far ahead.

  7. Rand, I don’t think that’s the correct link. I couldn’t find anything on federal employees quitting in the post. I did google it and found some interesting info.

    Of course, these people would never really quit. They’d rather put up with Trump than get rid of their gravy train.

  8. Peripherally related:
    “Myron Ebell, director of energy and environment policy at the conservative think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, is heading Trump’s EPA transition preparation”
    http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/297755-top-climate-skeptic-to-lead-trumps-epa-transition

    Gee, is there anyone we know at CEI who might have some advice for Trump regarding space policy? Perhaps someone who has written a book that ought to get into the Trump team’s hands?

    I’ve been saying this for a while now, Rand. You have to find a way to get Safe Is Not An Option into the hands of someone on the Trump campaign. Perhaps CEI can help.

  9. Angelo Codavilla:

    “And, as Publius Decius Mus argues, “America and the West” now are so firmly “on a trajectory toward something very bad” that it is no longer reasonable to hope that “all human outcomes are still possible,” by which he means restoration of the public and private practices that made the American republic. In fact, the 2016 election is sealing the United States’s transition from that republic to some kind of empire.

    Electing either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump cannot change that trajectory.”

    http://www.claremont.org/crb/basicpage/after-the-republic/

    Or, not to put too fine a point on it:

    “We’re effed”
    Broadly speaking there are three groups of people with regard to these ideas:

    1) Progressives who are actively destroying the foundation which made the US the most successful nation in history.

    2) People unaware of what made this country so successful and who therefore don’t know how the success is now being obliterated.

    3) People who understand that the unprecedented success of the United States had nothing to do with size, natural resource availability, labor costs (slavery etc) personalities, buildings etc. Rather it had to do with a system designed to maximize personal liberty consistent with good order. A system being destroyed by group #1 and not understood by group #2

  10. The best reason to vote for Trump (besides preserving what’s left of the Second Amendment) is that his victory would wipe that smug look off the Dowager Empress’ face. (Don’t her handlers ever tell her that her facial expression seems to always veer between the Queen of Smug and “Krazy Eye Killa”? Or are they too afraid of her to be candid?)

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